Definitions by Keith "Hellmark" Brown

kernel cancer 

The degradation of an operating system, over time. Windows systems are usually most afflicted by this (the home versions such as 95, 98, and ME more so than NT 4.0 and Win2k).

The computer had kernel cancer so bad, that the only cure was to reinstall Windows.

kernel cancer by Keith "Hellmark" Brown February 9, 2004